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Night Stroll - Beautiful Motion Design

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When I stumbled upon this video it reminded me of one of my old tutorials playing with light effects. Of course the effects in this video are much more beautiful and the execution is spot on. It gave me motivation to try to do the same in After Effects. The title of the motion design work is Night Stroll and it was created by Tao Tajima.

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I'm a Brazilian product designer based in Oakland, California currently working for Google as a Staff Designer. I am also the founder of Abduzeedo, an award-winning digital publication about design and a personal project that has become the source of inspiration for millions of designers and enthusiasts.

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